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fiogf49gjkf0d EATING OUT ---------- IN MOST RESTAURANTS, MENUS WILL ALWAYS HAVE FROM 20 - 30 ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM. WAITERS ARE EFFICIENT AND YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE SERENADED BY GYPSY VIOLINISTS. TYPICAL MEALS ------------- THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF HUNGARIAN CUISINE ARE HARMONIOUS, SUBSTANTIAL DISHES FLAVOURED WITH RED PAPRIKA, ONIONS, TOMATOES, GREEN PAPRIKA, AND SOUR CREAM. AMONG THE TYPICAL DISHES ARE THE FAMOUS HUNGARIAN GOULASH MADE WITH BEEF, VEGETABLES, POTATOES AND SMALL NOODLES (THE AUTHENTIC DISH IS MADE IN A KETTLE OVER AN OPEN FIRE; THE URBAN FORM IS SERVED AS GOULASH SOUP);
CHICKEN PAPRIKAS WITH GNOCCHI, A DISH WITH A DELICIOUS SAUCE, AND STUFFED CABBAGE, A RICE AND MEAT STUFFING WRAPPED IN SOUR CABBAGE LEAVES AND COOKED IN A SUPERB SAUCE. THE SOUP SPECIALITIES INCLUDE FISH SOUP MADE FROM A VARIETY OF FISH AND THE GOLDEN-YELLOW UJHAZY CHICKEN SOUP MADE WITH SEVERAL KINDS OF VEGETABLES. PASTRY AND SWEETS TO TASTE INCLUDE THE FAMOUS TUROSCSUSZA MADE OF PASTA, COTTAGE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM AND FLAVOURED WITH FRIED BACON; DELICIOUS RETES (STRUDEL) WITH FILLINGS OF SOUR CHERRY, COTTAGE CHEESE AND POPPYSEED WRAPPED IN PASTRY AS THIN AS TISSUE-PAPER; SOMLOI GALUSKA, A WONDERFUL CONFECTION OF CRUMBLED SPONGE CAKE, VANILLA CREAM, WALNUTS, RAISINS, WHIPPED CREAM AND CHOCOLATE SAUCE; AND VARGABELES, A BAKED PUDDING MADE OF VERMICELLI COOKED IN MILK, COTTAGE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM AND RETES PASTRY. MEALS USUALLY BEGIN WITH SOUP, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN COURSE AND DESSERT. TYPICAL DRINKS -------------- WINES ----- THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE HUNGARIAN WINES IS THE TOKAJI ASZU WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR CENTURIES AS "THE KING OF WINES, THE WINE OF KINGS". THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF "PUTTONY" OF THE LATE-HARVESTED, HONEY-SWEET ASZ? GRAPES, THE BETTER THE WINE'S QUALITY IS. THE OTHER QUALITY TOKAJI WINES - E.G. THE TOKAJI SZAMORODNI - CAN BE SWEET, SEMIDRY OR DRY. HIGH QUALITY HUNGARIAN RED WINES COME FROM EGER, SZEKSZARD AND THE DISTRICT OF PECS; THE BEST KNOWN BRANDS ARE EGRI BIKAVER, SZEKSZARDI KADARKA, VILLANYI BURGUNDI AND VILLANYI OPORTO. MELLOW FLAVOURED FAMOUS WHITE WINES ARE MADE FROM THE GRAPES GROWN ON THE VOLCANIC HILLS OF THE BALATON UPLANDS BADACSONYI RIZLING, BADACSONYI KIKNYELU. ALTHOUGH WINES FROM THE SLOPES OF THE MUTRA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ABASURI RIZLING, ARE ALSO POPULAR. THE HOUSE OF HUNGARIAN WINES IN BUDA CASTLE IN BUDAPEST OFFERS A STOCK OF 400 WINES FROM 22 WINE GROWING AREAS OF HUNGARY. THE HOUSE IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 1100 - 1900 THE WINECITY HOUSE OF FINE HUNGARIAN WINES OFFERS MORE THAN 100 WINES OF 22 WINE GROWING AREAS OF HUNGARY. BESIDES WINES ONE CAN BUY OTHER HUNGARIAN PRODUCTS SUCH AS SPIRITS, SPARKLING WINES, CHEESE, PAPRIKA, BOTTLES, GLASSES AND SOUVENIRS. OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 0900 - 2200.
HUNGARIAN BEERS --------------- DREHER, ARANYASZOK, KOBANYAI, SOPRONI, BAK, BORSODI, SZALON. SPIRITS ------- INCLUDE THE KECSKEMET APRICOT AND CHERRY BRANDY, KOSHER PLUM BRANDY AND ZWACK UNICUM. IN ADDITION TO HUNGARIA & TORLEY, THE MOST FAMOUS HUNGARIAN SPARKLING WINES, A LARGE VARIETY OF GOOD QUALITY HUNGARIAN PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE. FOR INFORMATION ON DINING AND WINING LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTHLY GUIDES AT HOTELS OR TOURINFORM OFFICES: BUDAPEST PANORAMA, A MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN AND FRENCH. PROGRAMME IN HUNGARY, A MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN.
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